英语单词“tarnation”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 tarnation 释义 tarnationnoun[U]USinformal old-fashioneduk

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/tɑ??ne?.??n/us

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/tɑ?r?ne?.??n/used toexpressangeror toaddemphasis, toavoidsaying "damnation":该死，混蛋（用以表达愤怒或加以强调，多用于避免说“damnation”的时候）What in tarnation is that?那是什么鬼东西？Isureas tarnation ain't lookin' for nowife.我他妈肯定不是来找老婆的。

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• Where in tarnation were you during all thiscommotion?
• Irusheddown to get somesortofideaof what in tarnation I wassupposedto be doing.
• There was atimewhen blurting out "JesusChrist," "damnation" and the like were theultimateno-nos. Moreacceptableeuphemismsincluded"jeepers" forJesusand "tarnation" fordamnation.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Expressions of anger

• ay
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• beg
• biscuit
• blast
• blasted
• bloody
• dash
• drat
• egad
• fie
• flaming
• flip
• flipping
• la
• marry
• need
• precious
• put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it!idiom
• rats

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(Definition oftarnationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/tarnation##